Milk-pail.



140. 705,678. v Patented July 29, 1902-.

J. H. KING.

MILK PAIL.

7 (Application filed Apr. 10, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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ATENT JOHN HEUSTIS KING, OF GARRITY, ALABAMA.

MILK-PAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of i Letters Patent No. 705,678, dated July 29, 1902. Application filed l... i110,1902. Serial No. 102,315. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HEUSTIS KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Garrity, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Spillable Milk-Pails; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a non-spillable milk-pail, and is designed as an improvement upon Letters Patent granted to me August 20, 1901, No. 680,779, whereby the cost of production may be materially reduced and its effectiveness increased.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and particularly defined in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved millcpail, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the body of the milk-pail, the upper end of which is provided with an exteriorly-screw-threaded neck2 and bail-ears 3, the latter to receive a bail 4.

6 denotes a cover having a central aperture 7, surrounded by a screw-threaded annular depending flange 8 and is provided with a screw-threaded rim 9 to screw upon the neck of the can. The annular flange 8 is provided with a strainer 10, which also serves to support the ball-valve 11.

12 denotes the receiving-bowl, which in the present case is elevated above the top of the can instead of below the top, as shown in my former patent, and is in such position as to more effectually catch the milk from the cow, and is provided with a depending annular flange 13, screw-threaded to receive the screwthreads of the flange 8, and is provided with a cup-shaped strainer 14, which should the can tilt or be kicked over will receive the valve 11 and prevent the escape of milk from the can.

By referring tothe drawings, particularly Fig. 2, in which position the can is shown ready for use, it will be readily perceived that should the can tilt or be kicked over the ball will fall into the cup-shaped strainer and close the same, and thereby prevent the escape of the milk. By the employment of the two strainers 10 and 14; the milk is subjected to adouble straining, and said strainers in addition to their function as strainers also serve as.a valve casing or seat for the ball-valve.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of my invention will be readily apparent, it is thought, without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principleorsacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

I-Iavingthus described my invention, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In a non-spillable milk-pail provided with a neck, in combination with a cover having a depending outer flange to engage the neck,

a depending inner flange, and an aperture surrounded by the said inner fiange,a strainer secured across the opening to said inner flange, a receiving-bowl having a depending flange to engage the inner flange and provided with an opening, an inverted cupshaped strainer covering said opening, and a valve located between said strainers and of a diameter greater than said opening, substantially as set forth.

. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- L. F. RUSH, H. W. Snow. 

